SPRINGFIELD — A bear that was spotted roaming through Springfield this morning was safely tranquilized and removed, town officials said.

The bear, which officials believed was a cub, had been chased into the area of 130 Mountain Ave. this morning, Springfield police said.

State wildlife officials were able to tranquilize the bear in a tree behind Kearny Federal Savings Bank on Caldwell Place this afternoon, according to Patch, though they would not say where it was relocated.

Township Committeeman Ziad Andrew Shehady was on the scene, and he tweeted that the New Jersey Division of Fish & Wildlife was on-hand to help tranquilize the bear.